Review: The phenomenon of crop-weed competition; a problem or a key for sustainable weed management?

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 861-868

  Efthimiadou, Aspasia P ^a   Karkanis, Anestis C ^a   Bilalis, Dimitrios J ^a   Efthimiadis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Competition; Competitive ability; Crop density; Cultivars; Fertilization; Seedbank; Water stress; Weed; Weed suppression

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CROP MANAGEMENT; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; SEED; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER STRESS; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 66349139081     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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